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Depending on what side of the political fence you're on, you may be thinking that Saturday Night Live has been killing it so far this season. Their comedy coverage of the three presidential debates starring Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton and Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump (the...

James Corden will host the legendary Tom Hanks as his first guest when the Scottish comic takes over The Late Late Show on CBS next month. Craig Ferguson has already and is plenty busy with other projects. Since his departure, CBS has had a slew of (male) guest hosts including...

For reasons still not fully explained the 1988 Tom Hanks hit Big, wherein a pre-pubescent boy magically turns into an adult and fucks Elizabeth Perkins, is considered a family comedy. Well, the folks at Funny or Die enlisted Evan Rachel Wood and Glee star Darren Criss to flip...

To properly induct Justin Timberlake into the Five-Timers Club last night, Saturday Night Live invited back a teeming handful of all-time favorite hosts. Already-christened members of the club Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Alec Baldwin, Candice Bergen and Tom Hanks all appeared...

The Onion wants a Pulitzer.
They want the highly coveted award so much so that they've launched the Americans for Fairness in Awarding Journalism Prizes, AFAJP, an "organization" dedicated to guilting the committee responsible to giving up the award. If you're a regular...

Comic Strip Documentary Blows Up
We were excited enough when Chris Rock agreed to exec. produce the documentary film for the 35th anniversary of The Comic Strip. Now Abby Russell and Brent Sterling-Nemetz of Letterbox Pictures, who are actually shooting the film have really...

In the midst of NBC’s highly-publicized late night shuffle, development is underway on a movie about several of the players involved. William Knoedelseder‘s book, I’m Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-up Comedy’s Golden Era is being adapted for the screen...